Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 155, No. 2, 2019
Published: 4/26/2019
Article Details for this issue
A new species of Micropeza Meigen from Morocco and a provisional key to the West Palaearctic species (Diptera: Acalyptrata, Micropezidae)
By: MARTIN J. EBEJER
Page: 71–76
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A new species of Micropezidae, Micropeza kettaniae, is described from Morocco and the
twelve west Palaearctic species of Micropeza Meigen are keyed. This is the first record of the
family from Morocco and the second species to be described from North Africa.
Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) in the collections of the Manchester Museum
By: CLAIRE MILES
Page: 77–106
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
There are over 2,400 Sphingidae (hawkmoths) held in the Manchester Museum’s Lepidoptera
collections, distributed among separate British and worldwide sections. This summary provides a
full species list and brings information about the collections and collectors together in one place
to encourage the use of the collections for academic or personal research, or for creative
inspiration.
BOOK REVIEW EPONYM DICTIONARY OF ODONATA by Bo Beolens
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 106
Type: Book Review
Biology, ecology, distribution and taxonomy of immature stages of Atherigona (s.s.) hyalinipennis van Emden (Diptera: Muscidae), a pest of the cereal crop tef (Eragrostis tef) and the fodder crop Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana)
By: J.C. DEEMING
Page: 107–112
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The mature larva and puparium of Atherigona hyalinipennis van Emden are described, a
eulophid parasite and further distributional data recorded and notes given on biology.
The jumping plant-lice of Madeira Archipelago and Selvagens Islands (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) ‒ new records, updated checklist and notes on some natural enemies
By: ANTÓNIO FRANQUINHO AGUIAR, DÉLIA CRAVO, DALVA LUIZ DE QUEIROZ & DANIEL BURCKHARDT
Page: 113–126
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The fauna of Psylloidea from Madeira Archipelago and Selvagens Islands is updated with the
addition of four new records: Acizzia uncatoides, Cacopsylla fulguralis, Ctenarytaina spatulata
and Platycorypha nigrivirga. The list of psyllids known from these islands now comprises 21
species. Two species of psyllids are cited for the first time from Selvagens Islands. Natural
enemies associated with psyllids are cited as new records for Madeira, namely the anthocorid bug
Anthocoris nemoralis and the encyrtid parasitoid wasp Psyllaephagus pilosus.
SHORT NOTE Another couple of flower fly synonyms (Diptera: Syrphidae)
By: F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON
Page: 127
Type: Short Notes
BOOK REVIEW HANDBOOK OF THE BEES OF THE BRITISH ISLES [2 volumes] by G.R. Else & M. Edwards
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 128–130
Type: Book Review
BOOK REVIEW INHERITORS OF THE EARTH by Chris D. Thomas
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 131–132
Type: Book Review
Cotesia acerbiae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a gregarious parasitoid of Acerbia alpina (Quensel, 1802) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) in Polar Ural, Russia
By: MARK R. SHAW, VELI VIKBERG & PEKKA MALINEN
Page: 131–137
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Cotesia acerbiae Shaw & Vikberg sp. nov. is described from a single large brood reared from
a cocoon of the circumpolar moth Acerbia alpina (Quensel, 1802) collected in Polar Ural
(Tjumen oblast). The means to distinguish it from other western Palaearctic Cotesia species are
given.
BOOK REVIEW LEAF BEETLES (NATURALISTS’ HANDBOOKS Vol. 34), by Dave Hubble
By: JORDAN RAINEY
Page: 133–134
Type: Book Review
BOOK REVIEW A HISTORY OF PESTICIDES by Graham A. Matthews
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 135–136
Type: Book Review
NOTICE: IRISH BIOGEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY – BULLETINS
Type: Editorial